Nortumbria University: Pillar Man
'Pillar Man' is a 6.5 metre high bronze sculpture standing in a symbolic river of black granite in front of the University art gallery. Further works by Nicolaus Widerberg have been installed in a new public space created within the university campus.
The sculpture marks the course of Pandon Burn that flows 20 metres below the building. It was commissioned as part of Newcastle City Council's Hidden Rivers Project a series of public artworks inspired by the large numbers of small rivers ('burns') that flow underneath Newcastle towards the Tyne.
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Image courtesy of Matthew Lennon
Artist(s)
Nicolaus Widerberg.
Client
Newcastle City Council
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne
Completion Date
2004
